After deploying Aria Automation (VRA), the first major configuration step is establishing identity, access, and role governance. This ensures that users authenticate through Active Directory so in this blog we’ll walk through integrating AD with VMware Identity Manager (vIDM), assigning roles, and preparing the environment.
Integrate Active Directory into vIDM
Go to Identity & Access Management → Add Directory
Provide all these details
- AD hostname
- Bind DN
- Bind password
- Base DN
Check Users & Groups Sync status and then Click on vIDM Settings to add Roles and assign OU’s
On my AD, define few AD groups and users for the Eng OU
Add the AD group we wish to sync in VIDM.
Check Users & Groups sync status and ensure your OUs (Eng) and groups (Eng‑Admins, etc.) appear
Assigning vIDM Roles
If we wish to assign vIDM Roles for a AD user, Go to Roles > Select a role (e.g., Administrator)
Add user/group and Click Save
Assigning VRA Service Roles
To assign Service Roles Login to VRA login as configadmin and go to Identity & Access Management → Enterprise Groups
Search for AD group (e.g., eng-admin) and assign all the Service Admin roles. This gives full access to all VRA services
Likewise Search for AD group (e.g., eng-users ) and assign all the Service users roles. This gives role specific access to all VRA services
Login as eng-admin or vcfadmin and we can see all the services
This determines what each group can access across VRA services such as Cloud Assembly, Service Broker, Code Stream, and more.
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